One must be concerned by the wave after wave of what's mine is mine, and what's your's is negotiable trend in museums and governments. The return of Marori skeletal materials to New Zealand is not very significant on its own, except that it is just one more reflexion of scientific xenophobia on the part of governments who should know better. Perhaps a Neanderthal collection at a New Zealand museum, or a dinosaur from Montana at a New Zealand, should be demanded by the "collection police" of their respective origins. In this day of instant high quality image communication, perfection in cast and mold making, collections housing really has no boundaries and all that matters is that materials are secure, maintained and available to all researchers. No good will come from the pulling back of institutional cooperation and research, already underfunded, will be further hampered by an inability to get to specimens.